Gateway Gallery: January 2013

Jan 22, 2013

Thoughts and contributions by Greg Matchick on the current exhibit, Room with a View.

When fellow artist Deb Williams chose this title as her theme I could not resist the urge to create an exhibit based upon the E.M. Forster novel and Merchant Ivory film "A Room With a View". The setting takes place in Florence and the surrounding countryside. (Interestingly, when hiking and photographing in the surrounding Fiesole hills, I was caught in a torrential downpour - just like in the story).

The images in this exhibit are a mix of traditional photographs and digital imagery. Although I have resisted displaying digital imagery until now, I feel it is time to exhibit some of my artistic creations which take my artistry beyond my photographic skills. Digital imagery today has generated reactions that sometimes become polarized. Whether one likes it or not is a matter of personal taste, however, I feel the images chosen capture the feelings and mood of the locations. Let me know what you think.

Greg Matchick

Ponte Vecchio Balcony, Photograph by Greg Matchick

Yellow Farm House in Tuscany, Photograph by Greg Matchick

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Jan 21, 2013

Gateway Gallery Opening Reception for Room with a View

Come share an evening of art and refreshments with the artists and guests of our gallery at the reception next Friday evening, January 25, from 6 to 9PM.

Please join our featured artists and friends, and visit with our current guest artists Rip Kastaris, Madison Thorn, Cheryl Dorris, and Arnie Huevelman, and hear the stories behind their exciting new works on display during our exhibit entitled "Room With a View."

Rip Kastaris

"Hendrix"

"John Coltrane"


Madison Thorn

Cheryl Dorris

"Athens Cafe"

"Oia"

Arnie Huevelman

Gateway Gallery is an artist-owned art gallery representing 16 regional artists featuring permanent and rotating exhibits reflecting a variety of artistic styles and mediums. Whether your interest is classic or contemporary realism, regional plein aire, abstract art or impressionism, we have something that will delight your artistic senses. Our artwork changes often. Come by and see what's new.

Jan 17, 2013

Arnie Heuvelman returns to Gateway Gallery as a Guest Artist, January 5, 2013 – February 15.

GATEWAY GALLERY IN CLAYTON PRESENTS “Room with a View”, January 5, 2013 – February 15.

Arnie has studied under some of the best woodturners in St. Louis, Utah, North Carolina, and other schools in the country. Now he looks at a tree and can see the beauty, learning that same tree is where the art of a bowl starts. He has come to love finding trees with imperfections - meaning rotten wood. Taking something that is starting to go back to mother earth and making a bowl, learning how to cut that tree in such a way so the grain makes the article you’re making is an art in its self. Arnie uses every section making things like spinning tops or Christmas bird houses. When looking at his bowls please pick them up and feel them. Remember this piece came from something that took 30, 40 or even 50 years to grow. If you take the proper care it will last another 50 years. Arnie is a member of Best of Missouri Hands, American Association of Woodturners, St. Louis Woodturners, Show Me Woodturners, and has spent the last 4 years doing demos at Silver Dollar City and doing shows as far away as Connecticut and Iowa.

Bowl by Arnie Heuvelman

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Jan 16, 2013

Madison Thorn, New Guest Artist at Gateway Gallery, January 5, 2013 – February 15.

GATEWAY GALLERY IN CLAYTON PRESENTS “Room with a View”, January 5, 2013 – February 15.

"Most of my photography subjects are musicians, it's my passion. For the people that look at my work, I hope they are able to see and feel the power of the music."
- Madison Thorn

Photograph by Madison Thorn

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Jan 12, 2013

Cheryl Dorris, New Guest artist at Gateway Gallery, January 5, 2013 – February 15

GATEWAY GALLERY IN CLAYTON PRESENTS “Room with a View”, January 5, 2013 – February 15.

Guest artist, Cheryl Dorris, will exhibit photographs as a Gateway Gallery guest artist January 5, 2013 through February 15, 2013. Photography has been Cheryl’s passion her whole life. Through the years her work began to take shape via the landscape — open air, changing light and breathtaking beauty. She is inspired by the warm light from a sunset, shimmering reflections on water and the crisp hues found in cities abroad. In these places she feels both calm and energized, and is drawn to photograph them. Cheryl is a self-taught photographer with a marketing background who has been photographing the landscape since 1997. She loves to travel around the country and around the world and work with the images she captures. Her work has been published in magazines and books and has been shown in various galleries around the St Louis area. She has received recognition in numerous juried competitions, including Best in Show, Old Orchard Gallery, St Louis; and a finalist in the SEEN Competition, Studio Altius, St Louis.

Athens Cafe, Photograph by Cheryl Dorris

Oia, Photograph by Cheryl Dorris

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Jan 9, 2013

Rip Kastaris, Returns to Gateway Gallery as a Guest Artist, January 5, 2013 – February 15.

GATEWAY GALLERY IN CLAYTON PRESENTS “Room with a View”, January 5, 2013 – February 15.

Guest artist, Rip Kastaris, will exhibit “The Art of Blues” as a Gateway Gallery guest artist January 5, 2013 through February 15, 2013. As a veteran illustrator, designer and video editor, Rip uses all his skills to help bring visual gravity to the work of so many great talents on the St. Louis Blues scene. Rip has created images for the rock star Sting, produced official art of four consecutive Olympic Games and painted the four-story Steamboat Mural on the Great River Road in Alton, IL but his passion for the last two years has been the art of Blues music. Live music has turned into musical art full of life. You can feel the rhythms and harmonies in his blues, reds and yellows. He draws the music as well as the musicians in impressions he sketches and paints from life and in the studio. Come see the first time exhibition of his newest work. It will move you just like the music it comes from.

Hendrix, Painting by Rip Kastaris

Nikki Hill, Painting by Rip Kastaris

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Jan 7, 2013

GATEWAY GALLERY IN CLAYTON PRESENTS “Room with a View”, January 5, 2013 – February 15

Pastel Painting by Debbie Williams

Opening reception held for the artists 6-9 p.m. January 25

(Clayton, MO/Dec 19) Gateway Gallery “Room with a View” exhibit will feature paintings and images of views from the home of Gateway Gallery resident artist Deborah A. Williams, who lives among the fields and farms of Millstadt, IL. Deborah is a professional artist who prefers to work outdoors, “en plein air”, capturing landscapes on location in natural light. Her art reflects a love for architecture and landscapes. Her images are reminders of the fast-paced, disappearing world around us. Her medium of choice is soft pastels but also works in acrylics, mixed media and photography.

Deborah's paintings and photographs are included in numerous private collections and have been exhibited at the Missouri Athletic Club; the St. Louis University Museum of Art; the Woman's Institute and Gallery in New Harmony, IN; the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows in Belleville, IL; the Creative Art Gallery in St. Louis as well as numerous fine art fairs. Her photography has also been sold by Hallmark stores.

Deborah was born in Louisiana and has lived in many states and Bermuda with her Air Force family. She is a graduate of Saint Louis University with a Master of Science in Sustainability. She is a founding member of the Gateway Pastel Artists and the Gateway Gallery in St. Louis, MO.

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